高中英语人教版高一上01

[00:04.10]Lesson 37   1 Dialogue
[00:10.34]A: Do you often have sports at school?
[00:14.11]Of course.I love sports.
[00:17.76]Which do you prefer,horse riding or shooting¹?
[00:22.31]Shooting.Do you like shooting?
[00:25.97]I prefer horse riding to shooting.
[00:29.83]What about wrestling² and sailing³?
[00:33.67]Both of them are exciting.
[00:37.43]I like watching them.Are you good at sailing?
[00:41.90]Yes.In fact,I'm on our city t eam.
[00:46.45]Great.Would you please let me know when you hvae a race?   Sure.
[00:52.40]Lesson 38   Reading
[01:02.75]Read the passage and answer the question
[01:07.42]"When and where were the first Olympic Games in modern times?"
[01:13.98]THE OLYMPIC GAMES
[01:17.64]Every fore⁴ years athletes from all over the world take part in the Olympic Games.
[01:24.72]Both the Summer and Winter Olympics are held every four years.
[01:30.96]The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Olympics.
[01:37.20]  The old Olympic Games from which the modern games came
[01:42.79]began around the year 776 BC in Greece.
[01:49.32]Many of the sports were the same as they are now.
[01:53.97]Some of the games in which the young men competed were:
[01:59.64]running,jumping and wretling.
[02:03.69]Women were not allowed to take part in the games.
[02:08.37]  After about the year 393 AD the Olympic Games stopped.
[02:15.63]For centuries there were no Olympic Games.
[02:19.78]But they were not forgotten.
[02:22.94]   The first Olympic Games in modern times happened in 1896.
[02:29.32]They were held in Greece--the country in which the games were born.
[02:34.96]In the 1896 games there were 311 competitors⁵ from just 13 countries.
[02:43.32]After that more and more countries joined in the games.
[02:48.46]In 1992 over 8,000 competitors from more than 150 countries
[02:56.12]went to Barcelona for the 25th Summer Olympics!
[03:01.68]There are over 250 different sports in the games.
[03:07.12]Sailing,horse-riding and shooing are some of the more unusual sports.
[03:13.65]  They Olympic motto is "Swifter,Higher,Stronger."
[03:18.71]It means⁶ that every athlete should try to run faster,jump higher,and throw further.
[03:25.98]They do their best to win medals.
[03:29.74]In the 1984 Olympic Games,Carl Lewis won four gold medals--
[03:36.82]in the 100 metres,200 metres long jump and 4*100-metre relay⁷.
[03:45.57]In Barcelona the Chinese team got 16 gold medals,
[03:51.44]of which 12 were won by women.
[03:55.42]   One of the great competitions is not for a medal.
[04:00.27]It is the competitions between countries to hold the Olympics.
[04:05.60]To hold the Olympic Games is a rich prize for a country

1 shooting   

n.射击，发射；猎场，狩猎场

参考例句：

• The soldiers began shooting away at the enemy positions.战士们开始朝敌人的阵地不断地射击。
• I was in the act of shooting him when I suddenly recognized him.我正要向他开枪时，突然认出了他。

2 wrestling   

n.摔跤；摔角

参考例句：

• There is a wrestling match tonight.今晚有摔交比赛。
• He defaulted in the wrestling tournament.他在摔跤比赛中弃权了。

3 sailing   

n.航行，航海术，启航

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• The operation was plain sailing.手术进行得顺利。

4 fore   

adv.在前面；adj.先前的；在前部的；n.前部

参考例句：

• Your seat is in the fore part of the aircraft.你的座位在飞机的前部。
• I have the gift of fore knowledge.我能够未卜先知。

5 competitors   

竞争者( competitor的名词复数 )； 对手； 参赛者； 竞赛者

参考例句：

• We are now outselling all our competitors. 我们现在比所有竞争对手都卖得多。
• We are lagging far behind our European competitors in using new technology. 我们在使用新技术方面远远落后于我们的欧洲对手。

6 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

7 relay   

n.接力赛，中继转播（设备）；vt.转述，转播

参考例句：

• They will relay your message.他们会转达你的口信。
• This metal tower is used to relay television signals to distant villages.这个金属塔是用于向遥远的村子转播电视讯号的。